Background
On December 18, 2007, Tribune Entertainment announced it would exit the program distribution business. Two of the programs on its roster, American Idol Rewind and Soul Train, were transferred to Trifecta Entertainment & Media; Rewind has since been transferred to TV Guide Network and Soul Train has suspended distribution to local stations (cable channel Centric now carries the program, through new rightsholder MadVision Entertainment).
South Park, which Tribune distributed along with Debmar-Mercury, is now co-distributed by Twentieth Television. Another program, the revival of Family Feud, was sold to Debmar-Mercury in 2007. Some producers of Tribune-distributed programs, such as Telco Productions (producer of Animal Rescue, Missing and Dog Tales), opted to distribute the programs themselves.
The only other program that was affected was U.S. Farm Report, which as it involves personalities from Chicago sister operation WGN Radio and still had a loyal audience, moved to the cable channel RFD-TV. It syndicated and produced shows from/with DiC, Village Roadshow and other producers. Tribune continues to syndicate some programming among its owned and operated stations, most commonly parades and holiday specials.
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